The Wisconsin Works Program

Within a year of the economic downturn of 2008 roughly 1.1 million bankruptcy petitions were filed, a 32 percent over the corresponding year. Home foreclosures were up 81 percent and the unemployment rate rose to 7.2 percent. The unemployment rate reached its highest level since the early 1980s (Bureau of Labor Statistics). The Census Bureau found that poverty increased in 2011 for the most populous areas in the country. Yet despite a general uptick in those in need of welfare, some states have been less successful in distributing welfare than others. In terms of access to healthcare, 46 states set the income eligibility limit for Medicaid/State CHIP at or above 200% of the federal poverty level for children up to 5. For mothers and children who do qualify, there are oftentimes a waitlist for up to five years. The aforementioned WIC program, developed to improve the nutrition of low-income infants and children, may not be properly publicized to families in need. In 2012, approximately seven million infants and toddlers and about two million pregnant women received WIC vouchers. This only represented about one in six of eligible infants and one in ten eligible women (NCCP, 2013).

WIC (Women, Infant, and Children) program for pregnant women and for children from newborn to 5 years old. The WIC program is design for a healthy nutrition to help the low income mother by providing a check for all the qualified food. It’s beneficial for pregnant mom and children to eat healthy. WIC food vitamins and minerals that helps a person nutritional needs, especially pregnant mothers and children. WIC program only covers for pregnant women and children up to age 5, if there are health issue WIC program will provide more check for different food that would help depending on what type of health issue a mother with child and the child(ren). Usually, WIC program is different in every state because of different income calculation, for example in North Carolina you have to be a single mother or single mother-to-be will be approve, but married with children; WIC goes by all income in the household and there are certain income range to get approve. They are very strict about income because of the food check given is a lot. This is going to be about a woman with 16 months old child and planning to become pregnant soon, but she is severely anemic.

In order for youth who meet the above requirements to remain eligible they must also meet one of the following contribution requirements: complete high school or equivalency program (i.e., GED, CHSPE); minimally half time enrolled in college or vocational training program; receiving pay for full time employment (80 hrs. per month); participating in employment training or other program to remove barriers for employment (therapeutic interventions, substance abuse treatment); or are unable to meet one of the above requirements due to health condition. This includes both long term and short term conditions as well as mental and physical health conditions (Beall & Bass, 2010). The bill was fully implemented as of January 1, 2014.

Children must meet specific guidelines in order to qualify for Head Start. Family income (over the last year) is considered. The family must

The state’s new approach to welfare replaced AFDC program with the California Work Opportunities and Responsibility to Kids (CalWORKs) program. CalWORKs consist of a cash aid component and a CalWORKs Welfare-to-Work program. The new public assistance program did retain many of the eligibility standards, benefits, services and requirements of the former program. All an indication of the national change in objectives from welfare to work for CalWORKs recipients

Per the Health Care Safety Net Increased Eligibility Amendment Act of 2005, its first manifest goal proposes that individuals 18 years of age or younger whose total gross income is more than 200% but less than 250% of the federal poverty guideline will be afforded reasonably priced healthcare and medical services. In addition, the act’s second goal proposes that the Mayor will create a thorough plan within 180 days of its enactment that outlines specific eligibility criterion for the aforementioned individuals whose gross income is more than 200% but less than 250% of the federal poverty guideline (Health Care Safety Net Increased Eligibility Amendment Act of, 2005). The individual’s total gross income will represent all money received, including but not limited to cash.

The Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) is a federally funded program that was created to assist needy families in becoming self-sufficient. According to the U.S. Department of Health & Human Services, TANF has four major purposes. (U.S. Department of Health & Human Services, 2015) The first is to “provide assistance to needy families so that children can be cared for in their own homes”. The second is to “reduce the dependency of needy parents by promoting job preparation, work and marriage”. The third is to “prevent and reduce the incidence of out-of-wedlock pregnancies”. The final purpose is to “encourage the formation and maintenance of two-parent families”. The Temporary Assistance for Needy Families program allows the States flexibility in identifying criteria for the populations served. However, there are a few general and federally imposed restrictions that are as follows. States must

Transition: Because of inflation a full-time working parents with one child, earning $7.25 an hour cannot earn enough to be above the federal poverty threshold.

The clientele that are eligible for application into the WIC Program include pregnant women, women who are breastfeeding a baby under 1 year of age, women who have had a baby in the past 6 months, and infants and children up to the age of 5.

The Wisconsin State Senate uses a variety of sources to provide it with the vital information it needs to function as a modern legislative assembly. The Wisconsin State Senate frequently utilizes many nonpartisan agencies for the many projects it creates and the problems that it solves, and these key agencies each serve a variety of purposes for the State Senate in Wisconsin. The agencies that are fundamental it are the: Legislative Reference Bureaus for information, the Legislative Technology Services Bureau for its extensive knowledge on technology, the Legislative Council for its expertise on legal matters, the Legislative Financial Bureau for its vast intelligence in the field of fiscal information, and the Legislative Audit Bureau for supervision on the various situations and projects the legislature deals with.

To be eligible for federal funds, however, states are required to provide Medicaid coverage for certain individuals who receive federally assisted income-maintenance payments, as well as for related groups not receiving cash payments. In addition to their Medicaid programs, most states have additional "state-only" programs to provide medical assistance for specified poor persons who do not qualify for Medicaid. Federal funds are not provided for state-only programs. The following enumerates the mandatory Medicaid "categorically needy" eligibility groups for which federal matching funds are provided: Limited-income families with children, as described in section 1931 of the Social Security Act, are generally eligible for Medicaid if they meet the requirements for the Aid to Families with Dependent Children (AFDC) program that were in effect in their state on July 16, 1996. Children under age 6 whose family income is at or below 133 percent of the FPL. (As of January 2011, the FPL has been set at $22,350 for a family of four in the continental U.S.; Alaska and Hawaii's FPLs are $27,940 and $25,710, respectively.). Pregnant women whose family income is below 133 percent of the FPL. (Services to these women are limited to those related to pregnancy, complications of pregnancy, delivery, and postpartum care.). Infants born to

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Many people who are employed earn too much by government standards or do not fit the criteria to be eligible for Medicaid. To qualify for Medicaid a family’s household income must fall below FPL (Federal poverty level). For example, FPL for a family of four was 23,550 in 2013. Obama has expanded Medicaid with the exception that all states choose whether to participate or to not participate. If all states implement the Medicaid expansion, eligibility would increase in 42 states for parents and in nearly every state for other adults (The Henry J.Kaiser Family

One of the factors that plays a role in this issue is poverty. Poverty can define all those who make less than the federal government 's threshold,“for a family of four, this threshold is $24,000”(Poverty

• The family is living is living at the poverty level. The mother is working full-time but only making slightly more than minimum wage.